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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel renamed: two more New Yorkers' memories dashed

Started by empirestate, October 23, 2012, 03:09:41 AM

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#25
October 29, 2012, 09:55:50 PM  
Sandy was not impressed by the new name.
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#26
October 29, 2012, 11:42:53 PM  
I would expect that the MIB HQ is just fine

Takumi

#27
October 30, 2012, 03:09:52 PM  
Yesterday I heard Bloomberg call it the Hugh Carey Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.
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October 30, 2012, 04:06:41 PM  
Now featuring new submarine lanes!
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#29
October 30, 2012, 11:48:43 PM  
BBT is now part of the east river. Same was swimming above, just less fresher!
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#30
November 03, 2012, 02:37:14 AM  
I heard the name and I was like, "What the hell is that?"

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#31
November 12, 2012, 09:20:12 AM  
N.Y. Times: New York City

QuoteThe Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was scheduled to reopen for limited rush-hour bus service on Monday morning. According to an announcement by the governor's office, Metropolitan Transportation Authority express buses from Brooklyn and Staten Island will be able to use one lane of one tube for inbound service from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and for outbound service from 3 to 7 p.m. The tunnel will remain closed at all other times, as repair work proceeds.
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#32
January 27, 2013, 04:40:59 PM  
Correct me if I am wrong, but is not  12th Avenue in Manhattan named after Joe DiMaggio? I have seen it on some maps, yet I do not hear New Yorkers referring to it as DiMaggio Avenue.

I think the name Carey will not catch on just like Koch and Kennedy for their crossings improperly named.  According to one friend of mine who lives in NYC part time, he said many are outraged about the Triborough being renamed, especially being that RFK is not a native New Yorker and of course a Kennedy.
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January 27, 2013, 04:49:46 PM  
Quote from: roadman65 on January 27, 2013, 04:40:59 PM
Correct me if I am wrong, but is not  12th Avenue in Manhattan named after Joe DiMaggio?

That's mostly just on paper. A few signs do mention the name ("Joe DiMaggio Hwy", not DiMaggio Avenue), but it's an afterthought. Most signs say either "West Side Hwy" or the respective names of the streets that comprise it (West St/11th Av/12th Av).

It's always referred to in conversation as "the West Side Highway".
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#34
January 27, 2013, 05:40:59 PM  
If NYC needs money (when don't they) it should be renamed Everready rechargeable lithium battery and Tunnel, get a few million for it.
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